NEW YORK CITY – OCTOBER 7, 2013 – ACT UP/New York and allies celebrated the New York Public Library’s landmark exhibition on AIDS activism with a demonstration on the first day of the exhibit, Friday, October 4th. More than thirty ACT UP members and allies collected in the exhibit room and died-in o

A 22-year-old gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and leaving more than two dozen injured before he was subdued by "heroic" patrons and arrested by police who were on the scene within minutes. In response to the shooting, President Biden again called on ...

Transgender Country Singer Brody Ray Brings ‘America’s Got Talent’ to Its Feet with Emotional Life Story and Song. America's Got Talent 2018. Inside I was a man, a boy. I was never quite complete as a person until I started my physical transformation to male in 2010, finally. I started to look like

Justin Trudeau: “On this important day (May 18), I encourage all Canadians to raise awareness, and mobilize to end the violence, prejudice, and judgement faced by LGBTQ2 persons. “As a society, we have taken many important steps toward recognizing and protecting the legal rights for the LGBTQ2 commu

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The 2022 music video version of “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera. To mark its 20th anniversary, Aguilera shared a new video for the track last week. One would have hoped that 20 years after its release, the song’s message would not be needed as much. In this version, young people apply makeup i

We all deserve our best chance. Here's a random, but meaningful assortment of things that have given me comfort on my path to acceptance. Think of them as a hug from me to you.
“I’d rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.”
– Dorothy Allison

Gay pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance. Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that ...

In a stirring and commendable speech, Vice President Joe Biden makes a clear and convincing -- if entirely unintended -case for why the massive expansion of copyright laws through SOPA or PROTECT IP would go against everything America stands for, would harm innovation and be bad for entrepreneurs.
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Fort Worth PD - LGBT Recruiting Video -Chris a Police Detective. In an effort to convince more LGBT officers to join Fort Worth’s police force, the Fort Worth Police Department has released a humorous four-minute video starring openly gay police detective Chris Gorrie. “You may be asking yourself, ‘